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Glaucoma may be delayed by eye drops

...amined 1,502 people aged between 45 and 82 who had increased intraocular pressure - placing around half on a regime of daily eye drop treatment. The drops contain a medication known to lower the pressure. The rest were closely monitored by eye specialists, but did not receive eye drops. At the end of the fiv...

A new genetic label for stroke

...ople under age 44. Identifying which people are at increased risk could help prevent some of these strokes. Investigators from Texas University School of Medicine observed at two possible mutations on a gene responsible for producing paraoxonasc, or PON1, an enzyme that helps HDL cholesterol prevent the oxida...

High Levels of Protein Linked to Brain Shrinkage

... on tests of mental ability. "If there was indeed increased brain atrophy, it was not severe enough in this otherwise healthy group to significantly impact on functioning," he said. Although Sachdev noted that more research is needed, he said that the current scientific evidence is "persuasive enough for a pu...

What makes young girls smoke

...interviews to determine factors early in life that increased the risk of later smoking. In addition to weight concerns, factors identified include stress, a parent with a high school education or less, being from a one-parent household, drinking alcohol, poor academic performance, and poor conduct. NHLBI Dire...

Fish rich diet lowers leptin

...ssue. High leptin levels have been associated with increased risk for heart attack and stroke. Lead author of ... Not only did leptin levels not increase as weight increased among those eating the fish diets, but the fish had an even more marked effect on women, who normall...

Women are at risk with raised cholesterol

...to researchers, American women who are health have increased risk of stroke due to elevated cholesterol. Much of the research on risk factors for heart disease and stroke has concentrated on men. Now doctors at Columbia University report on how cholesterol and other factors// impacts women's risk of stroke. Th...

Gene glitches connecting pot with Schizophrenia

...e can result in schizophrenia or a considerablelly increased risk of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is one of the greatest mental health challenges in the world, affecting roughly one of every 80 people and filling about a quarter of all hospital beds in the United States. For years, clinical scientists have kn...

Medication recuperates fat distribution in diabetes

...insulin sensitivity and control of blood sugar was increased - both of which really benefits the medical condition of those who have diabetes....

Hormone Therapy applicable for Prostate Cancer

...ved the combination therapy, or 70 percent, had an increased five-year, disease-free survival rate compared to only 30 percent of patients who received only radiotherapy. Overall, survival rates were 80 percent within the hormone-suppression group and 62 percent for the radiotherapy group. Bolla felt that a...

Pregnancy complications indicate health problems

...those who develop diabetes during pregnancy are at increased risk of mid-life diabetes. Similarly, those who have a premature or low weight baby may also be at increased risk, as are those who develop pre-eclampsia. The researchers suggest it would be worthwhile scree...

Heart attack risk starts at 20

...lines recommend low-dose aspirin for those with an increased risk for heart disease. Aspirin can cause bleeding in the intestines and stomach and increase the risk for a stroke, but if a person's chance of developing heart disease within 10 years exceeds 10 percent, then the benefit of preventing heart disease...

Breastfeeding may decrease Breast Cancer Risk

...aller family size and reduced breastfeeding and an increased incidence of breast cancer. On average, women with breast cancer had fewer children than those who did not have breast cancer. In addition, mothers who did not breastfeed or who breastfed for shorter durations (around 10 months compared to 15 months)...

Outcome of common medications

...,000 patients in 15 clinical trials. They found no increased risk in depression but say there was a very small increase in fatigue and sexual dysfunction. The researchers conclude that the conventional wisdom that beta blocker therapy is associated with substantial risks of depressive symptoms, fatigue and se...

Identical twin breast cancer risk

...al twin has breast cancer, their sister has a much increased risk of also getting the disease.// Now researcher...al twin sister with breast cancer run a four times increased risk of developing the disease. This is a far higher risk than had been expected. What's more - the ...

Morphine may excite cancerous tumors

... morphine or similar pain medications will lead to increased cancer growth in humans.// However, researchers sa...ood vessels inside the tumor, which in turn allows increased growth of tumors in mice. Hence Authors of the study note that morphine did not promote initial or e...

Stroke and Dementia - a ghastly association

... The lack of these medications could explain their increased risk of death. Currently, stroke prevention focuses on patients without dementia, but researchers felt that doctors also need to focus on patients with dementia in order to improve their survival rate....

Eye colour is a component in cataract

...to some researchers, people with brown eyes are at increased dangerof developing cataracts than those with blue eyes. Australian researchers have evaluated the eye health of 3004 people aged 50 or above.// Five years on, they reviewed which, of the 2,224 still alive, had developed cataract. Anyone who lives lo...

Effect of drug on Renal Cancer

...halidomide starting at 200 mg per day. Researchers increased the dose by 110-200 mg per day until a target dose of 1,300 mg per day was reached. The most common, but reversible, side effects were constipation, drowsiness and fatigue. Peripheral neuropathy, a neurological disorder, was seen after prolonged the...

Watch your weight when pregnant

...nd that the number of women who needed a C-section increased as BMI of a person increased. Among women with a BMI of 20 or less ( which indicates a low amount of body fat),had a normal delivery. Whereas if BMI ranged from 21-30 ( which indicates a range of body fat from healthy to a fatter proportion), the in...

Vacuum device increase breasts

...e to (the woman's) size," Greco said. However, the increased breast size remains evident up to 15 months later, according to previous reports. Greco's study did not include long-term follow-up data. The device is "relatively inconvenient, is heavy, and induces a fair amount of skin irritation along the silic...

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